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<H1>Scheme</H1>
<H2>Revised(5) Report on the Algorithmic Language Scheme</H2>
<ADDRESS>RICHARD KELSEY, WILLIAM CLINGER, AND JONATHAN REES (<I>Editors</I>) </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>H. ABELSON </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>R. K. DYBVIG </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>C. T. HAYNES </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>G. J. ROZAS </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>N. I. ADAMS IV </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>D. P. FRIEDMAN </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>E. KOHLBECKER </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>G. L. STEELE JR. </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>D. H. BARTLEY </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>R. HALSTEAD </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>D. OXLEY </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>G. J. SUSSMAN </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>G. BROOKS </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>C. HANSON </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>K. M. PITMAN </ADDRESS>
<ADDRESS>M. WAND </ADDRESS>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC1" HREF="r5rs_1.html#SEC1">Summary</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC2" HREF="r5rs_2.html#SEC2">Introduction</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC3" HREF="r5rs_2.html#SEC3">Background</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC4" HREF="r5rs_2.html#SEC4">Acknowledgements</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC5" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC5">1. Overview of Scheme</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC6" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC6">1.1 Semantics</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC7" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC7">1.2 Syntax</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC8" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC8">1.3 Notation and terminology</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC9" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC9">1.3.1 Primitive; library; and optional features</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC10" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC10">1.3.2 Error situations and unspecified behavior</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC11" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC11">1.3.3 Entry format</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC12" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC12">1.3.4 Evaluation examples</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC13" HREF="r5rs_3.html#SEC13">1.3.5 Naming conventions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC14" HREF="r5rs_4.html#SEC14">2. Lexical conventions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC15" HREF="r5rs_4.html#SEC15">2.1 Identifiers</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC16" HREF="r5rs_4.html#SEC16">2.2 Whitespace and comments</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC17" HREF="r5rs_4.html#SEC17">2.3 Other notations</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC18" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC18">3. Basic concepts</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC19" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC19">3.1 Variables; syntactic keywords; and regions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC20" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC20">3.2 Disjointness of types</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC21" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC21">3.3 External representations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC22" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC22">3.4 Storage model</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC23" HREF="r5rs_5.html#SEC23">3.5 Proper tail recursion</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC24" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC24">4. Expressions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC25" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC25">4.1 Primitive expression types</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC26" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC26">4.1.1 Variable references</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC27" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC27">4.1.2 Literal expressions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC28" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC28">4.1.3 Procedure calls</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC29" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC29">4.1.4 Procedures</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC30" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC30">4.1.5 Conditionals</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC31" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC31">4.1.6 Assignments</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC32" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC32">4.2 Derived expression types</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC33" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC33">4.2.1 Conditionals</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC34" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC34">4.2.2 Binding constructs</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC35" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC35">4.2.3 Sequencing</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC36" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC36">4.2.4 Iteration</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC37" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC37">4.2.5 Delayed evaluation</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC38" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC38">4.2.6 Quasiquotation</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC39" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC39">4.3 Macros</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC40" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC40">4.3.1 Binding constructs for syntactic keywords</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC41" HREF="r5rs_6.html#SEC41">4.3.2 Pattern language</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC42" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC42">5. Program structure</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC43" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC43">5.1 Programs</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC44" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC44">5.2 Definitions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC45" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC45">5.2.1 Top level definitions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC46" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC46">5.2.2 Internal definitions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC47" HREF="r5rs_7.html#SEC47">5.3 Syntax definitions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC48" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC48">6. Standard procedures</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC49" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC49">6.1 Equivalence predicates</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC50" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC50">6.2 Numbers</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC51" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC51">6.2.1 Numerical types</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC52" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC52">6.2.2 Exactness</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC53" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC53">6.2.3 Implementation restrictions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC54" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC54">6.2.4 Syntax of numerical constants</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC55" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC55">6.2.5 Numerical operations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC56" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC56">6.2.6 Numerical input and output</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC57" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC57">6.3 Other data types</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC58" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC58">6.3.1 Booleans</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC59" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC59">6.3.2 Pairs and lists</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC60" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC60">6.3.3 Symbols</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC61" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC61">6.3.4 Characters</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC62" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC62">6.3.5 Strings</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC63" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC63">6.3.6 Vectors</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC64" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC64">6.4 Control features</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC65" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC65">6.5 Eval</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC66" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC66">6.6 Input and output</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC67" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC67">6.6.1 Ports</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC68" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC68">6.6.2 Input</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC69" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC69">6.6.3 Output</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC70" HREF="r5rs_8.html#SEC70">6.6.4 System interface</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC71" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC71">7. Formal syntax and semantics</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC72" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC72">7.1 Formal syntax</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC73" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC73">7.1.1 Lexical structure</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC74" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC74">7.1.2 External representations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC75" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC75">7.1.3 Expressions</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC76" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC76">7.1.4 Quasiquotations</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC77" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC77">7.1.5 Transformers</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC78" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC78">7.1.6 Programs and definitions</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC79" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC79">7.2 Formal semantics</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC80" HREF="r5rs_9.html#SEC80">7.3 Derived expression types</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC81" HREF="r5rs_10.html#SEC81">Notes</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC82" HREF="r5rs_10.html#SEC82">Language changes</A>
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<LI><A NAME="TOC83" HREF="r5rs_11.html#SEC83">Additional material</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC84" HREF="r5rs_12.html#SEC84">Example</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC85" HREF="r5rs_13.html#SEC85">Bibliography</A>
<LI><A NAME="TOC86" HREF="r5rs_14.html#SEC86">Alphabetic index of definitions of concepts, keywords, and procedures</A>
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